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SILESIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("silesia" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland
Synonyms:
Schlesien; Silesia; Slask; Slezsko
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Silesia" is a part of...):
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
